G'day Dan,

It will probably depend on what you want to do, and how you want to do it, but you'll need at least 2 for an A-frame style shelter, or up to 6-8 if you're trying to set it up with a flat top.

G'day Leigh,

We'd suggest grabbing some Tear-Aid Type B Vinyl Repair Tape  and repairing the damaged area, then fitting the replacement eyelet. 

G'day Leigh,

Good spotting, I based my advice on Tarps being listed on the Type B patch, but I can see that Type A is the correct type for polyethylene as you indicate.

G'day Dee,

These tarps have eyelets every 60cm so there's a variety of ways you can use them with poles. I'd recommend at least 6 poles, 4 shorter and 2 longer so you can make a peak along the centre line which will stop water from pooling on the roof. You might even want to add an extra pole in the very middle and one of the Tarp Savers  for that if you expect to see a lot of rain. Don't forget to add guy ropes for all the poles as well!

G'day Jos,

I'd suggest that you go for the 8 x 10 ft Kookaburra Dura Green Heavy Duty Tarp. Just make sure that you fold any excess tarp under the tent, don't leave it hanging out because it will create pools of water under your tent. 

G'day Yolande, 

The difference in size can be a little confusing... One is the 'cut' size, meaning the total size of the piece of material before it is sewn.  The other is the 'finished' size, the dimensions of the fabric once the edges have been folded over and sewn. It is confusing and I'm not sure why manufacturers do this, but that is the explanation. 

G'day Felipe, 

If you'd like to set up this tarp as some shade over your Coleman Instant Up 10 Gold tent, I'd recommend that you purchase some seperate poles and guy ropes. 

For poles we'd recommend using four of the Alloy Pole in the 230cm size from Poles Apart, as you can extend them to reach over your tent, and use them with the 3.65 x 4.88 size tarp - as that's going to best cover the dimensions with a little extra room to spare.

As for guy ropes, we'd recommend using 8 but you can always add more depending on where you're set up. Zempire make some good canvas ones that come in a pack of four which you check out here, so you could get two or three packets depending on whether you want extra to be on the safe side. 

G'day Robin,

The Kookaburra Dura Green Heavy Duty Tarp does not have a UV rating, but it is made from UV stabilised fabric, and is silver coated to reflect light - so it should be really effective at deflecting the sun. There is no waterhead rating on this tarp, but it does say on the packaging that it is waterproof - so it should hold up in rainy conditions. 

I can't confirm whether the Dura Green Tarp has a higher UV rating than the Oztrail Camper Fly as they both don't have official ratings, but I could take an educated guess and say that due to the thicker fabric, and silver coating on the Dura Green, it will be slightly more effective than the polyester of the Camper Fly. 

The Camper fly doesn't have a waterhead rating, but it's made from UVtex fabric which has been given a 2000mm waterhead rating by Oztrail on their other products, so we could guess that it would be the same rating for the Camper fly. 

Both will provide you with protection from rain, but the Dura Green Tarp probably has the edge for UV protection.